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According to VPC, the edit was a collab between himself and another old atease member. I wasn’t aware that it was on YouTube all this time - ha. And here I thought I was sharing some ultra-rare thing.
I think you’re being too harsh in your critique, but I do think the straightforward-ness of this kind of take is the reason they didn’t end up recording it during that era. Similar to “Lift” in that regard. For the record, I adore the AMSP version and it’s still my favorite of all the TLW recordings, but barring an actual studio outtake from the OKC era I think this is the best take on the old TLW.
VPC also said that the band has heard this version and love it, though gave no context beyond this. A running trend.

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I've heard him make references to having met the band and conversed with them on some points, but yeah, it's sometimes difficult to know when he's making a conjecture. Like what he says about "House of Cards" - I've only ever heard him say it's about the novel The Ice Storm, but he says it like it's a confirmed thing (maybe it is; I don't recall Thom talking about it).
Speaking of VPC, I was recently chatting with him and he sent me this version of "True Love Waits" which I had never heard before and is truly remarkable - the closest thing I've ever heard to a OKC-era studio take of this track. I'll let you guys guess where it comes from.
True Love Waits.mp3

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Yeah, I thought it was good. As a superfan I would have liked them to dive even deeper, but I think this was adequately deep for a show catering to non-fans and superfans alike.
I didn't know that "True Love Waits" was originally written about the obsessive Japanese fandom.

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Vice President Cheney aka VPC aka EsotericCD aka Jeff Blehar's Radiohead podcast went live this morning. Haven't listened to it myself yet, but wanted to link for those interested. Jeff's Radiohead knowledge has few parallels, and has an interesting personality to boot. Should be good.